Design Team Collabs

Making space for the team to find their own voice.

A leadership job is partly about output and partly about culture. As 2D Lead at TikTok Effect Design, I championed internal collaboration projects where the team brainstormed ideas, shared their work, inspired each other, and built something creative together. The pieces below are some of those collabs.

A Day in Our WFH Life

A team-made short and a time capsule of WFH life. Every designer animated their own corner of the day, building a shared rhythm when everyone was working alone.

AR Sticker Collab

A New Year gift from the 2D team to the wider Effect Design team. Each 2D designer was randomly assigned several teammates from across 2D, 3D, motion, and production, then drew each one in their own style. Shipped as physical stickers and AR effects, a small showcase of the team's range.

2D Team Artbook

An illustrated team artbook. Every designer contributed a page in their own voice. A souvenir of the team, and a design love letter to each other.

Why It Mattered

Day-to-day production work doesn't always reward range. Collabs like these gave the team a place to try something off-spec, see each other's voices, and bring that confidence back into the work that ships. They bonded us through shared goals and the creativity we built together.

Credits

2D Lead: DingDing Chung
Project Initiators: Trisha Suting (A Day in Our WFH Life), Julia Yellow (AR Sticker Collab), Jefrain Gallipoli (2D Team Artbook)
Contributors: The 2D design team at TikTok Effect Design: Brandon Lai, Britt Anderson, Carmen Worthge, Diana Lee, Dustin Dahlman, JJ Serrano, Jonathan Guzi, Yo Jeong Ko, Michelle Catalanotto, Phoebe Tang, Shawn Kim, Taili Wu, Yixin Zhao